Abstract

Repaired denture prosthesisdemands adequate transverse and impact strength. A new repairdenture base resin- "Lukafix" require to fulfil these criteria. This study evaluates and compares the transverse and impact strength of heat polymerizing, auto polymerizing and LUKAfix denture resin. 20 specimens were control(without repair), and other were test specimens which were fractured and repaired with heat polymerized PMMA resin, chemically polymerized PMMA resin and LUKAfix light polymerizing denture resin. Each group wasdivided in two subgroups. Subgroup A was subjected to transverse strength test and subgroup B to impact strength test. One way ANOVA was used to identify the mean difference among the four groups. Post-Hoc-Bonferroni was done to observe the difference between the groups. Maximum transverse strength was observed in specimens repaired with heat polymerized (48.33 ± 9.19) and least in LUKAfix denture resin (6.56 ± 1.15). Also, impact strength was maximum for heat polymerized (3.64 ± 0.41) followed by LUKAfix denture resin (2.34 ± 0.44). Repair with LUKAfix denture resin resulted inferior transverse and impact strength as compared to heat polymerized PMMA resin.

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